Monday, September 7, 2009

Categories of Gestures: Emblems

Girl (10-11) with thumbs up in swimming pool, smiling, portrait
These are gestures are gestures that can be used instead of speech.

They can be verbally traslated.

They are commonly known.

They convey a specific idea, thought, or emotion to the receipient.

The best example is the thumbs up gesture that means "okay" in the United States only.

Common emblems gestures are shoulder shrugging, headshakes, and haed nods.◦
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1 comments:

Adeel Qureshi said...

Hi John, there seems to be some reppition of words in the first sentence, and a spelling error towards the end, just a friendly message, only the best for your blog eh mate :)..